Friday, August 22, 2014

While summer is coming to an end, I regret I haven't gone to the seaside this year.

We are not far from the sea, not the most beautiful sea in the world but it's one hour drive from home so it's worth going there even for a day.

For years my daughter and I used to spend a couple of weeks at the seaside with my mum.

The first year she was six months.

The second year she could walk and the first day, while putting her feet on the sand, she started crying... she then understood it was nice to walk on the beach...

Another year she fell while jumping on a wave and she cried out loud for she had swallowed some water.

After a few years, she read me little books while waiting for the time to go and have lunch.

We didn't go for a couple of years and, in July, my daughter went there again with my mum, my sister and her cousins: she prepared her suitcase and I waved her goodbye. She didn't want to take her toys to play in the sand, she now swims like a pro and she probably reads better than me...

Ours was a yearly vacation, we knew we would have gone and every year there was something new to discover and something old to remember.

Although it was not "my vacation" I enjoyed the time I spent with my daughter, teaching her new things, reading her bedtime stories and waiting for dad when he reached us for the weekend.

Monday, August 4, 2014

I've always loved Heidi's cute images and you may have had the chance to see some of her digis on my cards but now it's official! You'll see them at least twice a month!

Today there's a new challenge and the theme is: ANIMALS!

Heidi has created some super-cute horses which I LOVE! It was so fun to work with it and a pleasure to color with girly girl pinks!

This is my card:

It's called Nerdy Horse and it's part of the Nerdy Horses set (you can find it in 2 Cute Ink shophere). It was perfect for me: my daughter loves horses and loves to read too so I imagined her sitting on the grass reading her favourite books!